I swear if that is true, then I genuinely believe after the 2nd destruction of Jerusalem that they must've dabbled into the dark arts (consider Bar Jesus). Due to the influence of the Egyptians, Canaanites, Babylonians, Greeks, & Romans over the centuries, they HAD to learn some dark rituals. My guess is they did this in the foreign lands & the devil & demons made a deal with them to get vengeance on the Christians & Jehovah Himself. It's rather grim but I wouldn't be shocked since Jehovah had considered them more troublesome than the gentiles of the nations & that is saying A LOT!